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Business & Finance

Forex reserves down $206m

Recorder Report Published May 26, 2023

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves declined by another $206 million during the last week. According to weekly report issued by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday, the total liquid foreign exchange reserves held by the country stood at $9.731 billion as of May 19, 2023 compared to $9.937 billion on May 12, 2023.

SBP-held forex reserves fall $72mn, now stand at $4.31bn

During the week under review, the SBP’s reserves decreased by $ 119 million to $ 4.193 billion due to external debt payments. Net foreign exchange reserves held by commercial banks also declined by $ 87 million to $5.538 billion.

SBP foreign exchange reserves SBP reserves external debt payments Pakistan forex reserves

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Tulukan Mairandi May 26, 2023 07:05am

$200 million used to buy PKR from open market, so it can gain PKR2 or 3, otherwise it would have tanked to 315.

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ALI RAZA Meghani May 26, 2023 08:31am

Un understandable Balance of payment positive but reserve down?

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Mehboob Ali Lalani May 26, 2023 09:05am

Continuously declining foreign exchange reserve badly impact on our currency values. This will hit the inflation further high. The net result will be more bearish market trend and less tax collection. To avoid this, we need to singularly focus on building foreign exchange reserves.

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Rupee slips lower, settles at 286.93 against US dollar

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Power Cem(Pref) / Jun 10 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	6 ▲ 1.00 (20.00%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Jun 10 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	7.55 ▲ 1.00 (15.27%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Jun 10 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	0.68 ▲ 0.09 (15.25%)
Sindh Modaraba / Jun 10 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	8.20 ▲ 1.00 (13.89%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Jun 10 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	5.50 ▲ 0.54 (10.89%)
Hala Enterprise / Jun 10 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	7.05 ▲ 0.65 (10.16%)
Merit Packaging / Jun 10 Merit Packaging Limited(MERIT)	8.80 ▲ 0.79 (9.86%)
Popular Islamic / Jun 10 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	10.95 ▲ 0.96 (9.61%)
Next Capital / Jun 10 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	5.44 ▲ 0.45 (9.02%)
Ist.Dawood Bank / Jun 10 First Dawood Investment Bank Limited(FDIBL)	1.70 ▲ 0.14 (8.97%)

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Mod. Al-Mali (R) / Jun 10 Modaraba Al-Mali R(MODAMR1)	0.23 ▼ -0.25 (-52.08%)
F.Treet Manuf / Jun 10 First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba(FTMM)	5.36 ▼ -1.00 (-15.72%)
HBL Invest Fund / Jun 10 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	1.38 ▼ -0.22 (-13.75%)
Service Textile / Jun 10 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	6.50 ▼ -0.70 (-9.72%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jun 10 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	9.49 ▼ -1.00 (-9.53%)
United Brands / Jun 10 United Brands Limited(UBDL)	10.20 ▼ -0.94 (-8.44%)
EFG Hermes Pak / Jun 10 EFG Hermes Pakistan Limited(EFGH)	11.50 ▼ -0.98 (-7.85%)
First IBL Mod. / Jun 10 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	2.60 ▼ -0.22 (-7.80%)
Allawasaya Tex / Jun 10 Allawasaya Tex. & Finishing Mills Ltd(AWTX)	2764 ▼ -224.00 (-7.50%)
Ellcot Spinning / Jun 10 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	97.52 ▼ -7.91 (-7.50%)

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Unity Foods Ltd / Jun 10 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	28,723,523 ▲ 0.24
TPL Properties / Jun 10 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	19,470,263 ▲ 0.38
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 10 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,617,018 ▲ 0.01
Faysal Bank / Jun 10 Faysal Bank Limited(FABL)	10,414,954 ▲ 1.25
Hascol Petrol / Jun 10 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	9,814,500 ▲ 0.23
Pak Refinery / Jun 10 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	9,600,621 ▼ -0.04
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jun 10 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	8,850,500 ▲ 0.02
Pak Int.Bulk / Jun 10 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	6,660,000 ▲ 0.12
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Telecard Limited / Jun 10 Telecard Limited(TELE)	5,453,799 ▲ 0.15

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 9	286.95
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 9	286.80
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 9	139.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 9	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 9	1.25
Euro to USD / Jun 9	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Jun 8	5.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 8	4293.93
Nasdaq / Jun 8	13238.52
Dow Jones / Jun 8	33833.61
India Sensex / Jun 9	62625.63
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 9	32198.70
Hang Seng / Jun 9	19359.13
FTSE 100 / Jun 9	7602.26
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 9	15981.08
France CAC40 / Jun 9	7223.38

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 8	20235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 8	194616
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 9	70.85
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 9	1963.16
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 9	81.53

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